Representative Selection

This selection of investments represents only a part of GSC Group's investments. This list of investments is not intended as, and should not be construed as, investment advice or a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

EQUITY AND DISTRESSED INVESTING

Data Transmission Network
Industry: Media
Investment Date: September 2003
Data Transmission Network (DTN) is a leading business-to-business provider of real-time information to agricultural, refined fuels, commodity trading, and weather impacted businesses. The Company serves approximately 100,000 subscribers with comprehensive packages of industry news, analysis, commentary, real-time market quotes, and highly localized weather information along with proprietary analytical tools. DTN has a dominant position and a well-established brand name in most of its markets. The Company delivers information through a variety of internet, satellite and direct data feed connections, and its team of journalists, meteorologists, and other market experts generate proprietary content for its service. DTN was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

International Wire Group
Industry: Wire Products Manufacturing
Investment Date: September 2002
International Wire Group is a leading manufacturer and marketer of wire products, including bare, tin-plated, nickel-plated and silver-plated copper wire for other wire suppliers and OEMs in North America and Europe. The Company’s products include a broad spectrum of copper wire configurations and gauges with a variety of electrical and conductive characteristics and are utilized by a wide variety of customers primarily in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, electronics and data communications, general industrial/energy and medical device industries.

Precision Partners
Industry: Precision Custom Manufacturing
Investment Date: August 2001
Precision Partners is a leading global manufacturing and engineering services company that provides precision-machined, stamped, cast and fabricated components, as well as complete tooling, fixturing and assemblies, and branded commercial braking system products. Precision Partners manufactures products for customers in a diverse set of industries, including commercial vehicle, power generation, aerospace and defense, commercial refrigeration, light truck / SUV, business machines, medical, agricultural, marine, electronics, semiconductor, heavy equipment, and oil and gas production and exploration.

Viasystems Group Inc.
Industry: Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing
Investment Date: April 2001
Viasystems Group Inc. is a leading global provider of complex multi-layer printed circuit boards and electro-mechanical solutions to a diversified set of OEMs, primarily in the automotive, computer/datacom, industrial and telecom markets. Major customers consist of leading multi-nationals such as Alcatel, Bosch, Delphi, EMC, General Electric, Huawei, Lucent, Otis Elevator, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Sun Microsystems and Tellabs. The Company’s world-class engineering and technical expertise compliments its global low-cost manufacturing footprint, with 7 facilities worldwide, 5 of which are high-volume operations in China and 1 in Mexico, collectively representing over 90% of sales.

CORPORATE MEZZANINE LENDING

All3Media
Industry: Media
Investment Date: November 2006
All3Media is the UK’s largest independent TV production business, with leading positions in Holland, Germany and New Zealand and an emerging presence in the US. The business comprises fourteen TV production companies, all with their own well-known TV brands and covering all major programme genres, with particular strengths in drama, entertainment, factual entertainment and sport. The business produces over 470 different programmes annually and has a portfolio of highly successful, long-running properties, with five shows having run for over 10 years and a number of programmes reaching over nine million viewers.

All3Media also has its own international distribution company – All3Media International - which represents third-party producers and broadcasters together with its own production companies, as well as a leading UK talent management business.

All3Media’s highly experienced management team are pursuing an organic growth strategy by developing compelling new programming that exploits the attractive growth prospects of the UK market as well as internationally. This will include expanding the company’s presence in new digital distribution channels such as broadband and mobile. All3Media also provides an ideal platform for significant growth via further acquisitions. Since its acquisition by Permira in a secondary buyout from Bridgepoint Capital, the company already made five acquisitions and has funded two start-ups by high profile individual producers.

Production Services Network
Industry: Gas and Oil Services
Investment Date: July 2006
Production Services Network (PSN) is a major, independent international service contractor to oil and gas exploration and production customers. PSN enhances the performance and extends the life of energy assets around the world, from engineering and construction, to operations, maintenance and decommissioning.

Headquartered in Aberdeen, it has an operational network of nearly 8500 people working in 20 countries spread across five continents. A 25-year operational history showing consistent growth, a mature network of personnel, and a diverse customer base, form the foundation for the company and provide the basis for future growth.  PSN was acquired from KBR, the engineering, construction and services subsidiary of Halliburton (NYSE: HAL).

Retail Decisions
Industry: Transaction Services
Investment Date: March 2007
Headquartered in Brookwood, UK Retail Decisions is a fuel card and pre-paid card issuer and a leader in transactional card fraud prevention and payment processing.

Retail Decisions has operations in Europe, the United States and Australia with a blue-chip international client base, from the transportation, telecommunications, retail, petroleum, banking and the broader e-commerce sectors.  Customers include Coles Myer, Woolworths, Wal-Mart, Tesco, Bloomingdale's, Travelocity, T-Mobile, BP, Texaco and Shell.  This investment is based on Palamon’s thesis that the payment sector will benefit from the increasing traffic of transactions around the world and the requirement for quality payment methods and services to both businesses and consumers.  Retail Decisions was acquired by Palamon Capital Partners in a P2P transaction.

SDU
Industry: Publishing
Investment Date: June 2007
SDU is a publishing and security identification group, comprising two separate companies.

SDU Publishing is a Dutch professional publisher with leading positions in three segments: legal, public and B2B publishing. SDU also has a 45% participation in Juris, the leading online legal publisher in Germany.

SDU Identification provides security identification services and products to mainly national and local authorities, including passports and driver's licenses.

SDU was acquired by an acquisition vehicle (equally) co-owned by Allianz Capital Partners and AAC Capital Partners in an LBO.

Tunstall Group
Industry: Healthcare
Investment Date: April 2008
Established in the UK in 1957, Tunstall is the market leading provider of telecare and telehealth solutions. Operating in 30 countries and employing over 1000 people, Tunstall supports 2.5m people around the world.

Tunstall's solutions support older people and those with long-term needs, to live independently, by effectively managing their health and well-being. Tunstall provides technology, expertise and advice to millions of people enabling them to lead independent more fulfilling lives.  Telecare and telehealth are recognised as a means of effectively and economically delivering health and social care services in people's homes, using technology that can monitor activities and safety, provide virtual home visiting, activate reminder systems, increase home security, monitor vital signs and convey information. Charterhouse acquired Tunstall from Bridgepoint Capital in a tertiary buyout.

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